This is one of my favorites. I love how it slowly churns along with a lopsided rhythm. It has the feeling of a wheel with an off center axle. It just adds to to the emotions portrayed in the lyrics.
sufjan in 2012 really thought "if the world ends & this is the last xmas ever im gonna release the saddest xmas song for the gays" & that's how we got this song "So suddenly you kissed me You tickled me in front of your mother, who looked away With her hands on her face" wow
this song is absolutely incredible. fucked up really bad around christmas time when i was a teenager & the lyrics "oh, father friend, will you punish me, punish me / with a look of contempt, with a look of contempt / i can't recall" hurt unlike any lyric i can recall. still gives me chills. thank you, sufjan
Oh, no one else is happily, recklessly Asking for more than what they may need I can't say what I need Oh, temper what you say if you've nothing nice to say So my grandmother says to me With her heart on her sleeve So, sadly I left the door open And I let the dog out in the snow Oh where did she go? Oh, father friend, will you punish me, punish me With a look of contempt, with a look of contempt I can't recall Oh, I know you did right by me, right by me Wagging your hands when you found me With the bag of your things Please, please don't be a stranger here A stranger who takes from the world Who takes from the world You, you must be a Christmas tree, a Christmas tree You light up the room, oh, you light up the room Oh, you light up the room So suddenly you kissed me You tickled me in front of your mother, who looked away With her hands on her face Don't run away my friend You won't be back again, you said you needed me But I know that you needed yourself to be cleaned of me Don't run away my friend, you won't be back again You said you needed me But I know that you needed yourself to be cleaned of me Don't run away my friend, you won't be back again You ran your hands through my hair, through the snow Where the frost-blooded flows with the terrible ghost Don't run away my friend, you won't be back again You said you needed me But I know
coming back bc tis the season for this song and lemme say this is one of the ultimate sad christmas song like i cant believe not more people know of this song
![Sufjan Stevens - What Child Is This Anyway? [OFFICIAL AUDIO]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/25wvbzsb-1o/mqdefault.jpg)
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Checking in for my yearly cry to this song.
Why is no one talking about this?!?!?!? Forget Christmas, this is one of his best compositions PERIOD!!!!
This is one of my favorites. I love how it slowly churns along with a lopsided rhythm. It has the feeling of a wheel with an off center axle. It just adds to to the emotions portrayed in the lyrics.
In music school we called this musical ball or sphere haha
sufjan in 2012 really thought "if the world ends & this is the last xmas ever im gonna release the saddest xmas song for the gays"
& that's how we got this song
"So suddenly you kissed me
You tickled me in front of your mother, who looked away
With her hands on her face"
wow
Omg i can't believe this Song exist. I recently discover sufjan and i fell in love. I'm from Argentina, i hope one day i can see you live performing
this song is absolutely incredible. fucked up really bad around christmas time when i was a teenager & the lyrics "oh, father friend, will you punish me, punish me / with a look of contempt, with a look of contempt / i can't recall" hurt unlike any lyric i can recall. still gives me chills. thank you, sufjan
I feel that
Sufjan stevens, My soul needs you, and I didn't know i needed you so much until I listened to you.
Oh, no one else is happily, recklessly
Asking for more than what they may need
I can't say what I need
Oh, temper what you say if you've nothing nice to say
So my grandmother says to me
With her heart on her sleeve
So, sadly I left the door open
And I let the dog out in the snow
Oh where did she go?
Oh, father friend, will you punish me, punish me
With a look of contempt, with a look of contempt
I can't recall
Oh, I know you did right by me, right by me
Wagging your hands when you found me
With the bag of your things
Please, please don't be a stranger here
A stranger who takes from the world
Who takes from the world
You, you must be a Christmas tree, a Christmas tree
You light up the room, oh, you light up the room
Oh, you light up the room
So suddenly you kissed me
You tickled me in front of your mother, who looked away
With her hands on her face
Don't run away my friend
You won't be back again, you said you needed me
But I know that you needed yourself to be cleaned of me
Don't run away my friend, you won't be back again
You said you needed me
But I know that you needed yourself to be cleaned of me
Don't run away my friend, you won't be back again
You ran your hands through my hair, through the snow
Where the frost-blooded flows with the terrible ghost
Don't run away my friend, you won't be back again
You said you needed me
But I know
Words to live by: “Please, please don't be a stranger here
A stranger who takes from the world
Who takes from the world”
Listening to Sufjan around Christmas is a tradition for me. So much better than the corny traditional Christmas songs.
You must be a 🎄, you light up the room!🌞❤️
coming back bc tis the season for this song and lemme say this is one of the ultimate sad christmas song like i cant believe not more people know of this song
This is so brilliant and powerful. I cry every time.
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Wonderful
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Sim!! ❤️